Ghaziabad (UP), April 5 Two residents of Ghaziabad drowned in the Ganga River in Haridwar after they slipped into deep waters while taking a holy dip on Sunday morning, police said.
The two residents of Rajnagar Extension had gone to Haridwar on Saturday night with their families.
Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Nandgram, Ziauddin Ahmad, said that the deceased have been identified as Brijesh Kumar Tripathi (43) and Sachin Tyagi (39), both residents of the Quantum society in the Nandgram police station area. Their bodies are being brought back by road.
Ravindra Tyagi, a close friend of the deceased, went to Haridwar on Sunday to retrieve their bodies.
He told